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Episode 36. The Lady’s Well and Basque Abbey
Lady's Well and Basque Abbey
After a completely unplanned six month break (yeah, the Universe occasionally laughs heartily at plans and recording goals), the Within the Boggart Wood podcast is back with Episode 36. In it, I delve into the history of the Lady’s Well at Holystone in Northumberland, before looking at a peculiar ‘real ghost story’ reported in 1911 belonging to Basque Abbey near Durham – a location that doesn’t appear to have existed: unless you know anything on that matter that I don’t? Please get in touch if you have any info…
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Links and sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulinus_of_York
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Paulinus
- https://www.yorkoratory.com/saints-of-york/saint-paulinus-of-york
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Ninian
- https://www.whithorn.com/origins/st-ninian/
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- DOE (HHR) Rothbury RD, Northum, Sept 1948
- pers comm
- Weeky Dispatch (London) 19th March 1911 edition
Keywords
GHOST STORIES BASQUE ABBEY GHOST MONKS SKELETAL LADY LADY’S WELL HEALING WELL WISHING WELL ROMAN ROAD MEDIEVAL NUNNERY PRIORY HOLYSTONE NORTHUMBERLAND
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